An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire by Prof. Halil Inalcik is an excellent resource for anyone who wishes to understand, in detail, the nature of Ottoman economics. It is particularly interesting, for example, to note that one of the reasons that the author gives for the decline of Ottoman economic power relative...Read More
The Australia Institute has recently released a report entitled, Corporate Paedophilia [pdf], that examines the early sexualisation of children and particularly young girls. The report, authored by Emma Rush, makes the point that some corporations are actively promoting this through the marketing of products such as padded bras and G-strings targeted at girls as young...Read More
Via Andrew Norton’s blog, I’ve come across a very interesting paper [PDF] by Andrew Leigh at the Australian National University (Andrew is also a blogger). The paper details Andrew’s research into which social and economic determinants most affect trust in Australian society. The abstract reads: Using a large Australian social survey, combined with precise data...Read More
